WCFB (WCF Bancorp) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.65 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2018)

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What is WCF Bancorp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

WCF Bancorp WCFB -1.95% 12 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.65 Mil as of Dec. 2018. GuruFocus rates WCFB with a GF Score™ of 12/100.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. WCF Bancorp's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2018 was $1.65 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $1.65 Mil.


WCF Bancorp  (OTCPK:WCFB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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WCF Bancorp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for WCF Bancorp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

WCF Bancorp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

WCF Bancorp Annual Data
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WCF Bancorp Semi-Annual Data
Dec97 Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
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WCFB vs FNFI, LBNW, ASCN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, WCF Bancorp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


WCF Bancorp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, WCF Bancorp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WCF Bancorp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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WCF Bancorp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $1.65 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.65 Mil mean?
WCF Bancorp (WCFB) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.65 Mil as of Dec. 2018. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on WCF Bancorp and its competitors.
Is WCF Bancorp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
WCF Bancorp's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.65 Mil. Overall, WCF Bancorp has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does WCF Bancorp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to FNFI and LBNW?
WCF Bancorp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.65 Mil can be compared against companies in the Banks industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Banks company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Banks industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on WCF Bancorp and its competitors. WCF Bancorp's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.65 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is WCF Bancorp stock overvalued right now?
WCF Bancorp (WCFB) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.65 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.65 Mil. WCF Bancorp's overall GF Score™ is 12/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For WCF Bancorp (WCFB), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.65 Mil as of Dec. 2018. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

WCF Bancorp Business Description

Address 401 Fair Meadow Drive, P.O. Box 638, Webster City, IA, USA, 50595
WCF Bancorp Inc is a bank holding company for WCF Financial Bank. The Bank has full-service offices in Webster City, Independence and Tama, Iowa. The primary business activities include accepting deposits from individual, corporate, and public clients and investing those deposits in real estate, agricultural, commercial, and personal loans. Its various banking and financial services and product offerings include credit and debit cards, loans, checking accounts, business loans, agricultural loans, business credit cards, and money market accounts, among others. The Bank provides banking services to its local respective markets.
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